Intestinal parasitic infection among children in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4200-4204

  Aly, Nagwa S M ^a   Mostafa, Magda M M ^b  

^a BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABUK   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Children; Intestinal parasitic infection; KSA

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649358098     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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